Gaming system and method for providing improved element setting options

Abstract

A gaming system configured to operate a game associated with a plurality of game elements is provided. The gaming system provides a quantity of the game elements to a player and a dealer. The gaming system forms a first dealer hand and a second dealer hand from the provided game elements according to one of a plurality of element setting rules. The gaming system enables the player to manually form a first player hand and a second player hand from the provided game elements or to instruct the gaming system to automatically do so according to one of the element setting rules. If the player manually sets the player hands, the gaming system indicates whether the player's hands were formed in accordance with any of the element setting rules. The gaming system determines any awards based on a comparison of the player hands with the dealer hands.

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PRIORITY CLAIM[0001]This application is a continuation of, and claims priority to and the benefit of, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 187,058, filed on Aug. 6, 2008, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.COPYRIGHT NOTICE[0002]A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains or may contain material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the photocopy reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure in exactly the form it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever.BACKGROUND[0003]In recent years, poker games have become very popular. One common variation of a poker game is Pai Gow Poker. Pai Gow Poker is a variation of the Chinese domino game Pai Gow using playing cards. Pai Gow Poker is played with a fifty-three card deck, including fifty-two cards from a standard deck of cards and a single Joker. T...

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